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Work 4 Peace,Hold All Life Sacred,Eliminate Violence! I am on my mobile version of the door-to-door, going town-to-town holding readings/gatherings/discussions of my book "But What Can I Do?" This is my often neglected blog mostly about my travels since 9/11 as I engage in dialogue and actions. It is steaming with my opinions, insights, analyses toward that end of holding all life sacred, dismantling the empire and eliminating violence while creating the society we want ALL to thrive in

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Change is not only possible but is REAL!

It's sooooo difficult to comprehend the willingness to make drastic changes when we fear for our own life-destroying lives and not when we know 22,000 CHILDREN die of starvation every day in our world as we in the u.s.ofa. toss enuff food to fill the Rose Bowl, often twice every day.

Or when we know 700 people in OUR wealthy country die every day from POVERTY.

Or when we know bees will disappear in 10 years because we love to spray pesticides, herbicides & get 'cheap' food.

Or that millions of womyn and girls are being murdered by men who 'love' them or have purchased their bodies from other men.

Or that over 1000 people every day are being murdered in wars we are conducting or war zones in which we supply over 74% of the weapons & military 'training'.

Then we deny that it's possible to change and change so quickly.

Of course, it's impossible because we don't really want to. Now we 'want' to, as our lives are being threatened.

I can only hope once we realize how easily we can change we will continue to do the things - or not do - we need to do to sustain life on our planet as well as our very planet's life.

Engine troubles....again

OMFG my poor Radical Ride Baby has once again broken down. I left San Antonio tonite, thinkin I'll try to get as close to Yalui Village as possible. I'll have to leave the interstate and pick up a smaller yet fast highway until an even smaller highway with a few scattered towns and a traffic light or two.

When I get onto the smaller highway and start to slow down for that single traffic light, my truck's engine cuts out. I cringe, drift over to the side and non-existent shoulder to restart her. She does eventually restart. I'm literally in nowhere Texas - but actually going to nowhere Texas. I'm too far away from San Antonio to return so I decide to try to make it at least to McAllen if not to Yalui Village.

Every time I have to slow down, she conks out. Now it is difficult to bring her back up to 45mph let alone the 70mph speed limit. I'm forced to drive in 4th gear where she tops 45mph, stalling and then becoming more and more difficult to restart....grrrrr

FUCK FUCK FUCK - these are the SAME symptoms she had back in the beginning of February except no snow and 26 degree weather. GRRRRRR

I'm thankful it's the middle of the night, hardly another car on the road, and the plentiful deer are staying at the lush sides of the road. I finally come to the turnoff for Yalui Village, dreading the stop signs. I take the next exit, even though it is farther, but I know it has less stop signs.

I'm driving in first now, having to keep my foot on the brake and the gas - which is very difficult when you have a stick shift - in order to keep the truck moving. I drift through 4 way stops, again thankful no traffic is on the road and focusing on not stalling out in the middle of the intersection which might not stay deserted.

I finally arrive at Yalui Village and am able to breathe again. Sid is here to welcome me and I let the warm air and peaceful night sky embrace me as I collapse into my camper.